A state Department of Justice inspection of seven California facilities found overcrowding, poor medical care, inadequate food and excessive force from guards.

While frontrunners Steyer and Becerra slug it out, they’re clashing over their commitment to clean energy.

Once an advocate for a universal system, he now focuses on incremental reforms and shielding Californians from federal cuts.

It’s a towering example of the contentious debate over what to do with the state’s ever-growing supply of oilfield waste.

The discussion missing from the primary campaign is how — and whether — Mayor Karen Bass has benefited L.A.’s Black community.

Market Match program could disappear — unless lawmakers step in to fund an initiative that boosts access to farmers’ markets and supports small farms.

Proposed hazardous waste oversight changes are years behind schedule and fail to account for a community’s health risks from pollution, environmental groups warn.

A hospital CEO says looming Medicaid reductions threaten vulnerable residents and the state’s health system.